Learned During 2016, for dealing with my own dementia symptoms
These are things that were applicable for ME this year, so it is possible they might be helpful for someone else.)
Category Archives: Symptoms
This Holiday Season Context of History and Symptoms
This year’s changes in Holiday celebration.
A Minute at a Time
“Okay Tru, accept what is … (for these next few minutes) then focus on what IS possible, get out of the pity-party ditch and get started doing it !!”
Symptom Progression and Strategies 2016 December
(Sorry; it is not a glitch; my brain is just not working well enough to come up with a graphic.)
Fragrance Craft and my “Nose”
I realize my “nose” is going away, but newest loss is emphasized these past two weeks in my fragrance craft. Discovered I have COMPLETELY lost the receptor for scent of sandalwood.
No Meaning for Words
Newest challenge is lack of word recognition. Words flow over me and around me, but I do not recognize them.
?Are YOU My Husband?
… It occurred to me that I felt like “Little Chicken” in the book, and maybe should walk up to each table asking, “Are you my husband?” It was a very scary, ALONE feeling …
Introvert PWD Need for Social Activity
Summary: EACH PERSON’S NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT. Yes; we all need social interaction. However, As an introvert … Any interaction (especially any sound-interaction) needs to be sandwiched by a larger time period that I am alone in the silence. So what is “extraversion” or “introversion”, and why does it make a difference in my dementia symptoms or how they need to be handled?
First Time of Where am I
It is scary to realize I am losing … everything.
Misty Stenslie
Another friend is gone; Misty Stenslie Claassen was 43 years old.
